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MaxIm DL Changelog

What's new in MaxIm DL 5.24

Mar 11, 2014
  • Convert Color: Added a button to transfer color balance settings from the Color Balance to the Convert Color command.
  • Observatory: Added "Simulated Park" for telescopes that can't park or have undesired behavior when parked. Improved handling of tracking state when connecting to a telescope.
  • Canon: Added support for Canon 6D. Updated SDK version auto-select (for supporting older models). Fixed mirror lock problem for 60D. Improved temperature data extraction. Fixed glitches in Live View on certain models.
  • SBIG AO plug-in: Fixed slightly premature camera readout. Fixed crash upon detection of a camera with a long name.
  • Roper PVCam: Now supports EMCCD cameras. Fixed problem with subframes. Added support for shutter open/close delay.
  • ASCOM cameras: Added ReadoutMode support.
  • Andor: Updated option selectors.
  • Nikon: Added support for D600, D5200, and D7100. Improved error logging.
  • Supernova Search Tool: Updated for Windows 8 compatibility.
  • Miscellaneous: FFT Analysis function is now multithreaded. Updated color palette for 3D graphs. Fixed problem with TDI reading the telescope declination. Wavelet filters are now scriptable. Improved adaptive pier flip.

New in MaxIm DL 5.23 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Guiding: New Adaptive pier flip autoguiding option.
  • PinPoint Astrometry: Solve output now displays an extra digit accuracy.
  • Canon: Added a new feature to automatically select newer or older Canon drivers, since Canon's newer DLLs do not support older camera models. Fixed an issue with Canon 1D Mark III.
  • Fixes: Fixed a crash that occurs when a deleted file is selected from the MRU list. Fixed a crash in Process menu Stack when using the new automatic color convert settings. Fixed a problem with Batch processing. Fixed problem with Photometry graphs not displaying properly when manual axis settings were selected. Uninstalling an image processing plug-in will now request UAC elevation if required.

New in MaxIm DL 5.22 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Canon: Added support for 60Da, 5D Mark III, 650D/Rebel T4/Kiss X6i, and 1D X.
  • Nikon: Added support for D4 and D800/D800E.
  • Celestron: Added support for new model.
  • Color: Added new option for automatic selection of correct color conversion settings. Currently this only works with a few camera models; more will be added over time.
  • Fixes: Fixed several scripting problems including an issue working with ACP, component registration sometimes failing to elevate privileges, and a problem with CCDCamera.ReadoutMode. Fixed a crash in Edit / Annotate. Fixed a problem with Settings / Connect All.

New in MaxIm DL 5.21 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Maintenance release. Fixes include multi-document file open under Windows 7/Vista, certain Starlight Xpress cameras, and gradient removal.

New in MaxIm DL 5.20 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • General: Edit fields for RA and Dec position entry now support automatic parsing and pasting of angular positions, using the right-click menu. Minor improvements to line profile graphs. Improved command logging. Fixed a problem with image swapping (used for increasing available memory). Moved to 2010 version of Microsoft run-time libraries.
  • Batch Process: Batch Process command can now sequence the FITS Header Editor. This means that FITS keyword edits can now be applied to multiple images. Also fixed minor bug with command sorting.
  • Tracking Error Graph: Added scatter plot, which gives a more intuitive way of seeing whether RA and Dec corrections are balanced. Can now optionally display errors in arc-seconds.
  • Calibration: Now fully supports DSLR cameras that report the CMOS sensor temperature. Bayer-encoded flat fields now have several options for rescale, including a new ability to rescale each Bayer plane separately while maintaining overall color balance. Fixed problem with bringing Autoguider image to foreground if a bad pixel map was applied. Apply to All no longer affects Bad Pixel Maps, which should always be unique per group.
  • Sequencing: Autosave function can now handle "spectroscopic" binning modes, where X and Y are different.
  • SX Universal: Added support for CoStar autoguider, SXVR-H674(C) and SXVR-H694(C). Modified plug-in to work with new version of SXV-H18 firmware.
  • AO: Added a new plug-in capability to add AO controllers to MaxIm DL. Currently supports Orion SteadyStar (requires plug-in from Orion).
  • Apogee: The manufacturer is assuming responsibility for maintenance and distribution of the Apogee plug-in. We are currently keeping the previous release available in the package to avoid causing upgrade problems for existing users.
  • ASCOM Camera: Improved shutdown code to ensure proper functioning when disconnecting and reconnecting the camera.
  • Canon 50D: Added retry code to the 50D shutter control, to fix problem whereby Canon drivers occasionally fail to trigger the shutter.
  • Stacking: Fixed FITS header bug that appeared when "Keep Individual Color Planes" was selected.
  • Observatory: Improved Catalog ID selection so that all named stars are visible all the time, even if a search parameter has been previously entered. Telescope tracking is now automatically stopped if the telescope tries to track into the altitude limits. Status tab now shows sun and moon rise, transit, and set times, moon phase and percent illumination, and times for astronomical, nautical, and civil twilight. Star chart right-click menus have been improved.
  • Scripting: Remove Background Color is now scriptable.

New in MaxIm DL 5.18 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem with sigma clip and SD Mask functions in the calibration tools. Improved File Open error messages. Improved handling of raw binned Bayer matrix color images. Minor improvement to Celestron driver

New in MaxIm DL 5.17 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Scripting: Added new Document and Application events.
  • Image Processing: Added new camera models to Convert Color command. Improved File Open default file format behavior under Windows 7, and improved error messages. Set Calibration has been tweaked to reduce memory usage when generating a large number of master frames.
  • Camera Control: Autosave will now automatically set the OBJECT keyword in the FITS header to the specified file name, if the Observatory Control window is not reporting a selected object. The File menu Settings command can also be used to override the OBJECT keyword. Since some new CCD sensors can produce color images when binned, a feature was added to allow the camera drivers to perform automatic color conversion of binned images.
  • Orion Parsec 10100C: Minor driver update.

New in MaxIm DL 5.16 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Image Analysis: Added new FFT analysis command. Fixed Photometry AAVSO report glitch.
  • Image Processing: Speed improvement to Gaussian Blur (Kernel Filters). Set Calibration now allows images lacking IMAGETYP to be manually added to a group. Fixed minor problem in Remove Pedestal command background extraction. Improved error messages for the Stack command.
  • Camera Control: Added "Delay Between Light Frames Only" option to Autosave. Fixed glitch related to filter focus offsets. Fixed problem closing the Tracking Error Graph on systems running "Windows 7 Basic" theme.
  • Observatory Control: Status tab is now formatted using HTML to improve readability, and the HTML can be modified by the user to customize the layout.
  • Canon DSLR: Added support for new models, including 600D (Rebel T3i), 1100D (Rebel T3), 1Ds Mark III, and 1D Mark IV. Exposures can now be interrupted during the mirror lock-up delay.
  • Nikon DSLR: Added support for new models, including D3S, D40X, D5100, and D7000.
  • Celestron Nightscape: Added support for Celestron Nightscape.
  • Orion Parsec: Added support for Parsec 10100C.
  • SBIG: Added adjustable speed setting for STX cameras. Removed "fast mode" readout option as obsolete. Fixed incompatibility between AO plug-in and STi.

New in MaxIm DL 5.15 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Olympus DSLR: Updated driver. Unofficial support has been added for E-3, E-5, E-30, E-420, E-450, E-520, and E-620.
  • SX: Changed sequencing to ensure proper shutter operation on SXVR-H18.
  • Camera Control: Fixed problem with Simple Auto Dark function for cameras that do not have shutters. Updated MaxImIO.sys installer utility.

New in MaxIm DL 5.14 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Minor maintenance release.
  • SBIG: Fixed a problem with the SBIG AO, which prematurely ended main camera exposures. Also corrected cooler power reporting for cameras using external guide heads.
  • QSI / Calibration: A minor change was made to the calibration groups heuristics, to facilitate QSI using the SPEED function and ISOSPEED FITS keyword with their drivers. ISOSPEED was originally reserved for use by DSLR drivers, and using it would cause calibration to assume the camera was a DSLR.
  • PinPoint: Updated to version 5.1.4.